Madeline Aaron

Madeline Aaron
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1994-10-25) October 25, 1994 Scottsdale, Arizona
Height	1.48 m (4 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in)
Partner	Max Settlage
Former partner	Craig Norris
Coach	Dalilah Sappenfield, Larry Ibarra, Eddie Shipstad, Damon Allen, Janet Champion, Elena Dostatni
Choreographer	Julie Marcotte, Catarina Lindgren
Skating club	Coyotes SC of Arizona
Training locations	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Began skating	2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	144.91 2014 World Junior
Short program	51.95 2014 World Junior
Free skate	92.96 2014 World Junior

Madeline Aaron (born October 25, 1994) is an American pair skater. With partner Max Settlage, she is the 2014 U.S. national junior champion and placed fifth at the 2014 World Junior Championships.^[1]

Personal life

Madeline Aaron attended Chaparral High School and is a part-time nursing student.^[2] She is the sister of Max Aaron—the 2013 U.S. champion in men's singles—and Molly Aaron, a pair skater.^[3]

Career

Aaron began skating at age five.^[2] She was paired with Max Settlage in May 2010 by coach Dalilah Sappenfield.^[4]^[5] The pair, both clockwise jumpers, moved from Arizona to Colorado for training.^[5]

Aaron/Settlage began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011. They won two JGP medals — bronze in Lake Placid in 2012 and silver in Belarus in 2013. After winning the U.S. national junior title in January 2014, they were sent to the World Junior Championships and placed fifth.

Aaron/Settlage moved up to the senior level in the 2014–15 season.^[6] They were assigned to the 2014 Skate Canada International after the withdrawal of Zhang/Bartholomay.^[7]

Programs

(with Settlage)

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2014–2015 ^[6]	Coppélia by Léo Delibes choreo. by Julie Marcotte	The King and I by Richard Rodgers choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2013–2014 ^[3]^[4]	The Chairman's Waltz (from Memoirs of a Geisha) by John Williams	Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (from Spartacus) by Aram Khachaturian choreo. by Julie Marcotte^[6]	Ave Maria by Franz Schubert performed by Celine Dion
2012–2013 ^[8]^[4]	The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns	Carmen Suite by Georges Bizet, Rodion Shchedrin
2011–2012 ^[9]^[4]	El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez	Romeo and Juliet by Timothy Atack Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev
2010–2011 ^[4]	Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque) by Claude Debussy	The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Competitive highlights

(with Settlage)

International^[1]
Event	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
GP Skate America					5th
GP Skate Canada					4th
CS Nebelhorn					6th
CS U.S. Classic					3rd
International: Junior^[1]
Junior Worlds				5th
JGP Belarus				2nd
JGP Croatia			7th
JGP Estonia				4th
JGP Poland		5th
JGP USA			3rd
National^[4]
U.S. Champ.	1st N.	6th J.	3rd J.	1st J.	4th
Midwestern		1st J.	1st J.	1st J.
Pacific Coast	1st N.
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Competition Results: Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE". International Skating Union.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Everson, Michelle Talsma (February 21, 2014). "Gliding to New Heights". AZ Weekly Magazine.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5
"Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage". IceNetwork. ;
- Earlier versions: 2012 to 2013 at the Wayback Machine
↑ 5.0 5.1 "Max Settlage interview transcript". Arizona Daily Sun. February 23, 2014.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Slater, Paula (July 1, 2014). "Aaron and Settlage make the jump to Seniors". Golden Skate.
↑ "2014-15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs". July 22, 2014.
↑ "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013.
↑ "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.

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